Kislovodsk

Home > ... > Places > Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltic Nations > CIS and Baltic Political Geography > ...

Essential reading Compare
side-by-side Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Kislovodsk

Kislovodsk [Rus.,=sour water], city (1989 pop. 114,000), S European Russia, in the N Caucasus Mts. It is a famous health resort with mineral springs, sanatoriums, and a physico-therapeutical institute. Kislovodsk was founded in 1803.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1E1-Kislovod" title="Facts and information about Kislovodsk">Kislovodsk</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"Kislovodsk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 6 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Kislovodsk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (December 6, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Kislovod.html

"Kislovodsk." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved December 06, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Kislovod.html

Learn more about citation styles

Kislovodsk

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Â© Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names 2005, originally published by Oxford University Press 2005. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Kislovodsk, Stavropol Territory/Russia Founded as a spa in 1803, it means ‘Sour Waters’ from kisliye ‘sour’ and vodi ‘spa’ or ‘waters’, plural of voda ‘water’.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1O209-Kislovodsk" title="Facts and information about Kislovodsk">Kislovodsk</a>

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kislovodsk." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. Oxford University Press. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 6 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kislovodsk." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. Oxford University Press. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (December 6, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Kislovodsk.html

JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kislovodsk." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. Oxford University Press. 2005. Retrieved December 06, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Kislovodsk.html

Learn more about citation styles

Free newspaper and magazine articles

	RUSSIA: PRESIDENT PLAYS DOWN EXTENT OF DISCONTENT.(Brief Article) Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 3/29/2005
	Slavic Festival grows up for its encore.(Entertainment)(The sights and sounds of Eastern Europe capture the Lane Events Center) Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 1/5/2007
	Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89 News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 8/4/2008

Facts and information from other sites

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, and more

	Leviev Group to invest $48 Mln in construction of spa-hotel in Kislovodsk. Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire; 10/30/2006; 553 words ; ...Mln in construction of spa-hotel in Kislovodsk STAVROPOL. Oct 30 (Interfax) - The...Group, plans to build a spa hotel in Kislovodsk in Caucasian Mineralny Vody in the Stavropol...plot with the Turkmeniya spa resort in Kislovodsk for $5.5 million. A spa resort...
	Developers Sample Spa Waters in Kislovodsk, THE MOSCOW TIMES Newspaper article from: The Moscow Times (Russia); 10/26/2004; ; 676 words ; ...construction of a four-star spa resort in Kislovodsk, part of the famed Caucasian mineral...that one of the reasons Tirel picked Kislovodsk is that, unlike other famed spa destinations...who is a Soviet emigre, stayed in Kislovodsk as a child and liked it so much he has...
	Africa-Israel to build spa in Kislovodsk, Russia: Africa Israel Hotels will build a 350-room, 40,000-sq.m. complex. It already owns the Plaza Hotel in the northern Caucasus town. Newspaper article from: Globes (Tel Aviv, Israel); 9/10/2006; 448 words ; ...build a 40,000-sq.m. spa on a 12.5-acre site in Kislovodsk, in the north Caucasus region of Russia. The spa will have...in the town. Africa Israel Hotels CEO Ariel Kappon said Kislovodsk was developing rapidly, which was reflected in real estate...
	Russia & FSU News Bulletin (Daily News Briefs: SEP 03, 2003). Newspaper article from: Russia & FSU General News; 9/3/2003; 700+ words ; ...a bomb explosion on a train outside Kislovodsk. After the meeting, Chernogorov set...injured in a suburban train bombing near Kislovodsk in the Stavropol territory on Wednesday...in the blast, 23 have been taken to Kislovodsk hospitals where 15 of them have been...
	PATERSON MAYOR'S LATEST ITINERARY: TURKEY, RUSSIA Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 5/13/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Officials in the Russian resort town of Kislovodsk, one of the group's three stops...rest of the expenses. Leaders from Kislovodsk, a sister city to Paterson, invited...anniversary celebration May 22. The mayor of Kislovodsk, just north of the Republic of Georgia...
	Russia Train Explosions Kill Four People News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/3/2003; ; 556 words ; ...the track of the railway line linking Kislovodsk to Mineralnye Vody in the Caucasus region...Podkumok, a small town on the outskirts of Kislovodsk, 870 miles south of Moscow. Nine of...and six others in serious condition, Kislovodsk health care department chief Viktor...
	Run's roots begin in foothills: Ukrainians, Russians benefit from training. Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD); 10/12/2006; 700+ words ; ...title he won last year by training in Kislovodsk, a popular destination in the Caucasus...Baltimore primed on the work she has done in Kislovodsk, a town of 160,000 noted for its...Denisova. Where does she train? In Kislovodsk, where the Russian owns a home that...
	Belarus News (Daily News Briefs: DEC 06, 2003). Newspaper article from: Belarus News; 12/6/2003; 700+ words ; ...Putin and families of those killed in a Kislovodsk - Mineralnye Vody train bombing on behalf...travelling from Mineralniye Vody to Kislovodsk, killed 31 people on the spot, and...hospital, 10 in Pyatigorsk, 44 in Kislovodsk and 8 in Essentuki stanitsa hospital...
	Baker to See Bessmertnykh in U.S.S.R.; In Damascus, Secretary Discusses Middle East Talks During 9 1/2-Hour Meeting With Assad Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/24/1991; ; 700+ words ; ...Wednesday in the Soviet Caucasus resort of Kislovodsk to discuss Baker's progress toward...hold before Baker leaves Wednesday for Kislovodsk. U.S. officials refused to make...announcement that he will fly instead to Kislovodsk, a city known for its health center...
	Research on astrophysics detailed by A.G. Tlatov and co-authors. Newspaper article from: Physics Week; 10/20/2009; 511 words ; ...observatory format, observation data of Kislovodsk solar station and also daily Wolf number...Tlatov, RAS, Cent. Astron Observ, Kislovodsk Solar Station, St. Petersburg, Kislovodsk, Russia. The publisher of the journal...